| 单词 | lodestar |
| 释义 | lodestar (once / 51389 pages) n When a sailor uses a star to navigate by, it's called a lodestar. The most commonly used lodestar is the bright and easily spotted Polaris, also known as the North Star. Navigating on a clear night at sea, you'll need a lodestar to guide you so you always know what direction you're going. Something that similarly guides you through life and its tricky decisions can also be called a lodestar. This might be a mentor or some other person who helps you figure out which direction to go, or a guiding principle. Lodestar, "star that leads the way," uses the "way or course" meaning of lode. WORD FAMILYlodestar: lodestars USAGE EXAMPLESAll of this is in line with Putin as a lodestar for a movement of white nationalists, right-wing populists, and outright Nazis. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) For the past three decades or so, businesspeople have been able to steer by a few lodestars. Economist(Nov 16, 2016) Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a lodestar for liberal Americans, urged supporters to resist Trump. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) 1n guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy Syn|Exp|Hyper loadstar North Star the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it star (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior 2n something that serves as a model or guide Syn|Hyper loadstar example, model a representative form or pattern |
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